“索膜结构专栏”及“中华钢结构论坛”简介  
  
      造型轻盈飘逸、变化多端的大跨空间无支撑的结构，仿佛建筑上的神来之笔，这就是索膜结构的灵性！在“中华钢结构论坛”的“索膜结构”专栏，你可以尽情地遨游在索膜结构的海洋，领略成功驾驭索膜结构工程的喜悦，体会对于索膜结构的酸甜苦辣，吸吮索膜结构的精华。这里是最能满足你需要的互动平台。不要再犹豫、不要再等待，赶紧身临其境地体味一番吧！你一定会感叹不已、留恋忘返的！  
  
    “索膜结构”专栏位于论坛“专业讨论区（A区）”的第二位，是国内较早的也是规模最大的专门就索膜结构进行讨论的专业平台。目前该专栏的文章总数近2500篇，精华话题有50多个；管理“索膜结构”专栏的编辑有三人。由于索膜结构在国内的出现只有五、六年的历史，许多希望从事或正在从事此类结构工程设计、施工或研究的人员对索膜结构理解尚不透彻，大家充分利用这个平台对索结构、膜结构、张拉整体结构和可展结构等进行广泛的交流和讨论，内容涉及索膜结构的市场发展、整体结构的控制、设计的细枝末节、膜材料的性能研究，以及对国外索膜结构经典工程的分析学习、索膜结构相关文献的搜集整理等等。可以毫不夸张地说，在国内，索膜结构工程公司的员工、高等院校的在校研究生、设计单位的设计师、研究机构的专家学者，每天、每时、每刻都有人在“索膜结构”专栏中浏览、学习并参与交流和讨论。论坛的“索膜结构”专栏已经成为国内从事索膜结构相关工作的人员必不可少的专业助手。正因如此，我们也真诚希望国内和国外的专家同仁加入到“中华钢结构论坛”的“索膜结构”专栏，为中国的索膜结构的全面腾飞贡献一份力量。  
  
论坛简介：  
   《中华钢结构论坛 www.okok.org 》 是一个公益性质的专业平台，不以营利为目的，追求专业、中立。目前注册会员超过10,000人，专业文章超过90,000篇，每日新增近300篇。平均每日访问量大于2,000人（ip地址），每日各页面累计点击大于100,000次。 在众多会员和80多位编辑的共同努力、支持下，逐渐发展成为全球最优秀的结构专业网站之一。目前，论坛下设“站务栏区”、“专业讨论区”、“专题讨论区”、“综合讨论区”、“大结构”、“专业资料区”、“钢结构业界”、“结构软件”、“ANSYS”、“绘图”、“软件开发”、“其他”等十二个栏区。2002年8月22日，论坛成立了钢结构学会并获社团局批准。2002年12月20日“中华钢结构论坛”通过上海市通信管理局备案审查，这是国内建筑行业唯一通过政府审查的论坛。论坛的80多位编辑分别来自大陆、港台、新加坡、日本、德国、美国、加拿大等国家和地区，专业面覆盖了结构工程的方方面面。他们之中有教授、高级工程师20多名，博士23名。论坛的会员来自五湖四海。

An Introduction to the  Forum of Steel Construction And Section A2-Cable Supported and Tensioned Fabric Structures
  
Cable supported and tensioned fabric structures (TFS) have intrigued the interest and enthusiasm of architects, designers, engineers and ordinary people all over the world with its distinctive, elegant, unlimited variety of shapes, large space features. There is no exception in China, where a growing number of TFS have appeared exponentially in recent years across the country. Section A2 - Cable Supported and Tensioned Fabric Structures, an interactive internet forum for the exchange of knowledge, information, lessons, and experience under The Chinese Forum of Steel Construction will provide you with all you need to know about this new form of structure.
  
Placed under the main section of Engineering Discussion, Section A2 -Cable Supported and Tensioned Fabric Structures was one of the earliest and the largest BBS dedicated exclusively to this engineering field. There are currently nearly 2500 articles and over 50 special subjects managed by four volunteer editors.
  
Since TFS were introduced to China only five to six years ago, many professionals, wishing to pursue or already practicing design, construction or research in this field, have expressed a great wish to acquire more in-depth understanding and knowledge of this type of structure. This forum is being fully utilized for the sharing of information and knowledge, as well as to debate the market development. The topics in this section include cable structures, tensioned fabric structures, tensegrity and deployable structures. The discussion among the participants includes market development, overall structural control, design details, properties of fabrics, overseas project study, literature search etc. Needless to say, at anytime during the day there is always someone from TFS specialist contractors, university students, designers and researchers from research institutes using the forum. It has become an important source of help for their work, study and research. So we hope that you, the experts from overseas, can join the forum to share your expertise and to contribute to a healthy development of TFS in China.
  
The Forum of Steel Construction (www.okok.org) is a non-profit professional bulletin board on civil and structural engineering. The forum pursues high professional standards with mutual respect towards all participants. There are more than 10,000 registered users, more than 90,000 posted articles with over 300 new posts added every day. It is visited by more than 2,000 users each day with an accumulated 100,000 clicks in the various sections of the forum. With the joint efforts from the participants and more than 80 volunteer editors, the forum has become one of the best engineering BBS on the Internet!
  
The forum currently has the following 12 main sections: Administration, Engineering Discussion, Special Topics, General Discussion, Large Structures, Engineering Data, Steel Construction Industry, Structural Engineering Software, ANSYS, Drafting and Software Development. On August 22, 2002, the forum received statutory acceptance from the Shanghai Telecommunication Administration Bureau. This is the only BBS in the construction industry to receive such status. The 80 plus volunteer editors are from Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Japan, Germany, USA,  and Canada. Their specialties cover every field of civil and structural engineering. Among them there are 20 professors and senior engineers and 23 holding PhD degrees.